How Democratic is the American Constitution? (Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, & Economics (Paperback)) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for How Democratic is the American Constitution? This work questions the extent to which the American Constitution furthers democratic goals. It reveals the Constitution's potentially antidemocratic elements and explains why they are there, compares the American constitutional system to other democratic systems, and more.
Full description- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Published: 23 January 2004
- Format: Paperback 224 pages
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- Categories: Political Science & Theory | Constitution: Government & The State | Political Structures: Democracy | Constitutional & Administrative Law | History Of The Americas
- ISBN 13: 9780300095241 ISBN 10: 0300095244
- Sales rank: 334,279
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Full description for How Democratic is the American Constitution?
In this volume, an eminent political scientist questions the extent to which the American Constitution furthers democratic goals. Robert Dahl reveals the Constitution's potentially antidemocratic elements and explains why they are there, compares the American constitutional system to other democratic systems, and explores how Americans might alter their political system to achieve greater equality among citizens. In a new chapter for this second edition, he shows how increasing differences in state populations revealed by the Census of 2000 have further increased the veto power over constitutional amendments held by a tiny minority of Americans. He then explores the prospects for changing some important political practices that are not prescribed by the written Constitution, though most Americans may assume them to be so.
